kete
See also: ke-te
Chuukese
Related terms
| Present and past tense | Negative tense | Future | Negative future | Distant future | Negative determinate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | First person | ua | use | upwe | usap | upwap | ute |
| Second person | ka, ke | kose, kese | kopwe, kepwe | kosap, kesap | kopwap, kepwap | kote, kete | |
| Third person | a | ese | epwe | esap | epwap | ete | |
| Plural | First person | aua (exclusive) sia (inclusive) | ause (exclusive) sise (inclusive) | aupwe (exclusive) sipwe (inclusive) | ausap (exclusive) sisap (inclusive) | aupwap (exclusive) sipwap (inclusive) | aute (exclusive) site (inclusive) |
| Second person | oua | ouse | oupwe | ousap | oupwap | oute | |
| Third person | ra, re | rese | repwe | resap | repwap | rete |
Estonian
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *kete (“basket”).
Synonyms
- rawhi
- roroi
- taiaroa
- raurau (“basket, container”)
Middle English
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Tocharian B
Turkish
Etymology
Related to Middle Armenian գաթայ (gatʻay). According to Ačaṙyan, borrowed from Armenian.
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գաթայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 500
Yoruba
Etymology
Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *dede or Proto-Yoruba *gede, from Proto-Edekiri *dede, ultimately from Proto-Yoruba *dVdV, see Olukumi gèdè, Itsekiri dede, Igala dẹdẹ
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /kē.tē/
Usage notes
This noun often looks and acts as a qualifier or determiner, and while usually before nouns, but less commonly comes after. Some examples:
- Kete ọmọ Èkìtì lị ị́ jẹ ịyán ― All Ekiti people eat pounded yam
- Ulé kete ria ni ― The house belongs to all of us
Derived terms
- Èkìtì kete
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